Montreal motion design duo Mat&Fab (Mathieu Harrisson and Fabrice Fenoy) tackle meta themes of motivation and creator’s block in this playful animated short produced in concert with integrated prodco L’Éloi.

Mat&Fab: “We are so proud of the path we have traveled over the creation of this project. The time spent obsessing over it when it didn’t seem to want to come to life definitely moved us in the right direction. No matter what the obstacle, the creative act requires pushing through discomfort when the goal seems inaccessible.

“Like the protagonist of the story, we are happy to have persevered to give birth to this piece. We hope to have inspired other artists to do the same, and to surround themselves with good people who help them stay on the right track.

“To craft it, we used After Effects, Cinema 4D, and Redshift. The biggest challenge was finding the right look for the notification bubbles, for which we dived deep into the Cinema 4D simulation system which offered maximum control over how they would inflate, deflate, and interact with each other.”
 
 

 
Production: L’Éloi
Director/animator: Mat&Fab
Production director: Karyne Bond
2D animator: Samuel V. Rocheleau
Copywriter: Jasmine Beauchamp Long, David Purkis

Music/sound design: Joseph Sims, Dominic Walther-Battista

Toolkit: After Effects, Cinema 4D, Redshift